James Troughton

3 days ago | thegamer.com | James Troughton

There’s a foreboding sense of unease when skulking through the titular grimy metro tunnels beneath Moscow in 4A’s survival series, or sneaking through the shrubs under the cover of night in Stalker, listening as your Geiger counter ticks away to the drum of gargled screams. These games, inspired by the legendary Strugatsky Brothers' novel Roadside Picnic, flawlessly capture the crushing loneliness of humanity and how inconsequential we are to the universe.

3 days ago | thegamer.com | James Troughton

Ahead of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet's reveal, Neil Druckmann worked with lead actor Tati Gabrielle to prepare for the inevitable backlash. Naughty Dog is all too aware of what its actors go through, as Laura Bailey, who played Abby, was sent death threats for playing the role. Gabrielle was told to ignore the backlash and be proud of what they're doing, and they've taken that to heart, sharing their unashamed excitement for the project on social media.

3 days ago | thegamer.com | James Troughton

Reputable leaker Tez2 claims that a "modern gen" GTA 4 port is in development and could even launch later this year. This is supposedly part of a plan "laid out from the pandemic days", which, if still accurate, means that Max Payne 3 will be ported to current-gen consoles after GTA 4. There's not much else to go off of, but there might be evidence of this remaster in Rockstar's recent actions.

3 days ago | thegamer.com | James Troughton

Borderlands 4 is controversially swapping out the minimap for a compass. That's because the world is far more vertical, and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford believed that navigating a layered 3D space with a 2D map would be "extremely confusing". Instead, the compass will mark whether an objective is above or below you via labelled arrows. You might've noticed that something was missing from the new Borderlands 4 gameplay footage — the minimap. You're not alone.

3 days ago | thegamer.com | James Troughton

Oblivion Remastered has changed how the security skill works, making it so that fewer tumblers fall, rather than more stay up. Fans aren't happy with the change, arguing that it makes the skill "functionally useless". But some argue that security has always been a wasted skill, and that milestones would be better served improving the value of loot in chests or allowing you to pick locks without being noticed. Oblivion doesn't have perks like its successor, Skyrim.